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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
COLLEGE Interest in college training for nursery-. 
TRAINING men is comparatively recent and perhaps if 
a vote were taken among the old school of 
nurserymen it would very likely prove that sentiment 
was not very strong in its favor. This, however, may be 
due to the immediate and pressing need of skilled work¬ 
men rather than executives. 
In the last decade or so there has been such tremend¬ 
ous strides made in the science or argriculture and hor¬ 
ticulture that all progressive thought leads very decided¬ 
ly towards the necessity of college training for nursery¬ 
men. 
Our profession is becoming scientific in the true 
sense of the word. Science is merely organized know¬ 
ledge and for the nurseryman to take advantage of tin' 
wonderful discoveries that have a bearing on the nursery 
business in chemistry, entomology, and other blanches 
of learning that have a vital connection with it, it is ab¬ 
solutely necessary that nurserymen of the future shall 
have a training far more exacting than hitherto, for him 
to be able to carry on successfully and compete with his 
fellows. 
There is untold wealth lying unused and buried in the 
reports of the various Agricultural Experiment Station 
records that only the trained men can properly apply. 
In practically all lines of endeavor the college trained 
man has become a necessity. The question now asked the 
young men is not “Have you had a college training” but 
“Why have you not had a college training?” Higher edu¬ 
cation is becoming the rule and it behooves the nursery 
profession to be well represented if it is to hold its own 
among the Arts and Sciences. 
The nurseryman who is not grounded in botany, 
chemistry and entomology is not so well equipped as the 
one who is, providing that in acquiring his education he 
has not sacrificed the practical knowledge and exper¬ 
iences which form such a large part of a nurseryman’s 
activities. 
There is another phase to the question of college train¬ 
ing for nurserymen, which is very important to the trade 
at large, namely the standing it gives nurserymen in con¬ 
nection with its dealing with the Government and 
those having regulatory powers. Unless the nurseryman 
has college training it would be hardly possible for him 
to get a position, under the Government, where his in¬ 
fluence could be used in the interests of the trade. Even if 
the most able and practical nurserymen were appointed 
on a State Board of Horticulture, Commissioner of Ag¬ 
riculture or Director of an Experimental Station, unless 
he is a college trained man, it is doubtful if certificates 
from that- State would be recognized by other States, 
however able a man he was for the position. College 
training has become a recognized necessity for eligibility 
in the higher positions under the Government or in large 
private enterprises. 
Practically all of the State Colleges now offer courses 
in Horticulture. As the interest and demand increases 
here is every reason to believe the universities will offer 
courses to meet the special requirements of nurserymen, 
perhaps founded on botany and entomology rather than 
as in the present case making it a variation of the Agri¬ 
cultural course. We ought to have in our profession men 
whose educational standing would qualify them to hold 
any position in the bureaus of the Government that have 
to do with the supervision of the nursery trade. 
HAIL INSURANCE FOR NURSERY STOCK 
J. Edward Moon very kindly wrote the National Nur¬ 
seryman calling attention to the fact that it is now pos¬ 
sible for Nurserymen to insure their crops against dam¬ 
age by hail. 
The Home Insurance Company of New York already 
have the printed policies, having organized an experi¬ 
mental department to give it a thorough trial. 
Rates and limits of liability are given per 1000 trees 
or plants on: 
1. Seedling fruit stock 
Apples, Pears, Plums, Prunes 
Quinces and Cherries 
Peaches and Apricots 
2 One year old fruit stock 
Apples, Pears, Plums, Prunes 
Quinces and Cherries 
Peaches and Apricots 
Grape Vines 
3. Two year old fruit stock 
Apples, Pears, Plums, Prunes 
Quinces and Cherries 
Apricots 
Grape Vines 
Strawberry plants and bush fruits 
Shade trees and deciduous shrubs 
* Roses 
* Perennials 
*Note—Blooms are not included. 
Oklahoma City, July 20. The Oklahoma State Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association will hold its first semi-annual 
meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on August 7 and 
8. The morning of August 7, will be given over to Reg¬ 
istration and getting acquainted. Copies of the following 
program, and other details of the meeting have been 
mailed to each member of the association: 
PROGRAM 
Tuesday, August 7 
10.00 A. M. 
Registration and getting acquainted 
2.00 P. M. 
Invocation of Welcome.Rev. W. W. Chancellor 
Address of Welcome.J. A. Whitehurst, Pres. 
State Board of Agriculture 
Responses..1. W. Black, Pres. 
Okla. State Nurserymen’s Association 
Address .T. B. Gordan 
State Entomologist 
Address.W. A. Conner, Asst. Editor 
Oklahoma Farmer 
Open Forum 
Problems of the Nurserymen. 
6.30—Banquet 
Wednesday, August 8 
All day picnic at Lincoln Park 
